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DISH now the only one who has not signed up for the PAC12 Network. College football is right around the corner and for us fans in the western USA, this is a must-have.

I am indifferent to the whole AMC fight, but DISH not getting this network would be hard to ignore, IMHO. I realize sports is not a big part of the DISH business model, but for a Colorado-based company, I would think this is something they would want to pursue. . . .

Please chat up a CSR or call DISH to request! They won't make changes without us speaking up.

@espn700bill
Update per @wilnerhotline who just joins us on @espn700 Deal with @pac12 Network & DirecTV could come as soon as next week, DISH not likely

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Doesn't seem that Dish is going to get PAC12 Network.

[Disclaimer] The definition of "soon" is based solely on DirecTV's interpretation of the word, and all similarities with dictionary definitions of the word "soon" are purely coincidental and should not be interpreted as a time frame that will come to pass within a reasonable amount of time.

DISH now the only one who has not signed up for the PAC12 Network. College football is right around the corner and for us fans in the western USA, this is a must-have.

I am indifferent to the whole AMC fight, but DISH not getting this network would be hard to ignore, IMHO. I realize sports is not a big part of the DISH business model, but for a Colorado-based company, I would think this is something they would want to pursue. . . .

Please chat up a CSR or call DISH to request! They won't make changes without us speaking up.

Are you sure about the Directv thing being done and available next week?

Looks like DirecTV *may* be close to a deal.Also looks like Dish is not.

[Disclaimer] The definition of "soon" is based solely on DirecTV's interpretation of the word, and all similarities with dictionary definitions of the word "soon" are purely coincidental and should not be interpreted as a time frame that will come to pass within a reasonable amount of time.

I was a fan of the Pac-8 from 1964 to 1978 (and before, but that's another story), which included colleges from states that had a Pacific coastline. The competition between Washington, Oregon, and California schools was fun. The geographic area covered was the size of the entire East Coast and seemed to feel right.

When in 1978 they added Arizona and Arizona State, to create the Pac-10, my enthusiasm started to wane a bit. When they added the University of Colorado and the University of Utah in 2010 I felt they should rename it the Big Money Conference.

But I do like to watch some of the games.

According to Wikipedia the networks are the first owned fully by a conference without support from outside groups like Fox, CBS, or Comcast. However, their offices share the same building as Comcast SportsNet Bay Area.

I'd rather it be available as a separate package so everyone in the region doesn't have to pay for it.

Edited by phrelin, 21 August 2012 - 12:09 PM.typo

"In a hundred years there'll be a whole new set of people."
"Always poke the bears. They sleep too much for their own good."

"The SEC Network" of right now is not the SEC Network that is coming. The current SEC Network is really nothing more than a syndication package to mostly OTA stations in the South. I think it is on some RSNs up north.

The SEC will have a cable/DBS/teleco channel in the future, probably the near future.

Me neither. I actually want to watch Field Hockey, Soccer, and Track and Field.

Football is overrated. Besides, it should be called Handegg.

[Disclaimer] The definition of "soon" is based solely on DirecTV's interpretation of the word, and all similarities with dictionary definitions of the word "soon" are purely coincidental and should not be interpreted as a time frame that will come to pass within a reasonable amount of time.

DISH now the only one who has not signed up for the PAC12 Network. College football is right around the corner and for us fans in the western USA, this is a must-have.

I am indifferent to the whole AMC fight, but DISH not getting this network would be hard to ignore, IMHO. I realize sports is not a big part of the DISH business model, but for a Colorado-based company, I would think this is something they would want to pursue. . . .

Please chat up a CSR or call DISH to request! They won't make changes without us speaking up.

I tweeted them last week. I was told they would "put a request in" for me. Dish needs to get this and add it to the sports pack!

Me neither. I actually want to watch Field Hockey, Soccer, and Track and Field.

Football is overrated. Besides, it should be called Handegg.

It may be overrated (not for me) but it brings in $$$$$ and ratings like no other sport. Plus College football is huge. I don't see many sports getting 105,000 people at every game like they do at Ohio State and in the south.

For people that don't like it there is a simple method. Turn the channel.

Dish should have seen this coming, though, when they signed on for the Big10 Network. It is really going to stand out if they have Big Ten, and don't pick up Pac12...

IF Dish never picked up Big Ten, they would at least be consistent... but having one and not another seems like a recipe for losing a lot of customers who are on the West Coast.

I've put up with part time RSN,s and the AMC fiasco and the Disney dispute and no 3D broadcast. It's always the same excuse from Dish. It's always somebody else's fault and it's ALWAYS about the money. Everybody wants to rip off poor Dish Network. Well this is the last excuse I'm going to swallow. No Pac 12 and I'll jump ship like I probably should have a couple of years ago. Shame on me for thinking Dish would finally see the light. Apparently light can't get through blinders. I'm sure we will have the resident geniuses chiming in to tell me to not let the door hit me on my way out but you know what, that's exactly the kind of attitude Dish has towards it's customers that have stuck with them for years and has brought on board many new subs.

You got a CSR that doesn't know what they are talking about. ESPNU may have PAC 12 games, but they aren't carrying the network on that channel.

Exactly.. Haha.. A week or two ago, was told at a DIRECTV booth to get the "F.." out of the booth because I challenged him on the launch of the Pac 12 networks. Of course he said he's been watching Pac 12 networks for "2" years". Funny stuff. Oh, and he threw a wadded piece of paper at my 6 year old daughter because I provided proof that Pac 12 Networks hadn't launched yet.. A nice email to the CEO Mike White yielded a response.. Crazy times, just want my PAC 12 Networks!!!